itwasntme223, 10 months ago Holy fuck. They think they found Silphium, the ancient plant that they thought went extinct 2000 years ago! https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/13/plant-ancient-greece-rediscovered/ #science #history #botany
Holy fuck. They think they found Silphium, the ancient plant that they thought went extinct 2000 years ago!
https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/13/plant-ancient-greece-rediscovered/
#science #history #botany
dichotomiker, 10 months ago @itwasntme223 @plants
@itwasntme223 @plants
dichotomiker, 10 months ago @itwasntme223 @wcbdata Holy f_ck. They think they found Silphium, the ancient plant that they thought went extinct 2000 years ago! https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/miracle-plant-eaten-extinction-2000-years-ago-silphion #science #history #botany @plants
@itwasntme223 @wcbdata Holy f_ck. They think they found Silphium, the ancient plant that they thought went extinct 2000 years ago!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/miracle-plant-eaten-extinction-2000-years-ago-silphion
#science #history #botany @plants
LordCaramac, 10 months ago German @dichotomiker @itwasntme223 @wcbdata @plants My biologist housemate isn't convinced. He'll probably send me an email soon with more information on why this probably isn't silphium.
@dichotomiker @itwasntme223 @wcbdata @plants My biologist housemate isn't convinced. He'll probably send me an email soon with more information on why this probably isn't silphium.
LordCaramac, 10 months ago German @dichotomiker @itwasntme223 @wcbdata @plants @iteration523 @sarfeo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferula_drudeana - here's an entire paragraph about the silphium hypothesis
@dichotomiker @itwasntme223 @wcbdata @plants @iteration523 @sarfeo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferula_drudeana - here's an entire paragraph about the silphium hypothesis
dichotomiker, 10 months ago @LordCaramac @itwasntme223 @wcbdata @plants @iteration523 @sarfeo "No indication" cannot contradict either. The article consistently leaves it open to assign your own probabilities and also illustrates how hard proofs have to be.
@LordCaramac @itwasntme223 @wcbdata @plants @iteration523 @sarfeo "No indication" cannot contradict either. The article consistently leaves it open to assign your own probabilities and also illustrates how hard proofs have to be.
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